The doors to The Night Beetle opened and an enthusiastic Maurice popped out to receive Pyrrha with a bow and pointing at the entrance. "Miss Nikos, I am so glad you decided to return. And even though neither lord Onaga nor lord Hotaru are here, rest assured that you and your company will receive nothing but the best of what we have to offer. Can I have your guests' names please?".

Pyrrha, in a more formal attire than her regular gear, then presented Ruby, Ren, and Blake. "They have been here before, and what can I say, the food was so good we just had to get another bite!".

"But of course, please… follow… me…". Maurice stopped talking altogether when he saw Blake enter the hotel. He immediately raised his finger and pointed at her. "YOU!" he yelled. They all stopped dead on their tracks and turned around in panic not knowing how they found out about Blake. Maurice stomped towards her, raised his hand, and grabbed her bow. He then pulled one of the ribbons and freed her cat ears. "There! Much better! Wouldn't you agree, Miss Belladonna?". He took the lead and invited them to continue their way towards the elevator.

They all let out a collective sigh of relief. "I thought of the worst-case scenario, not gonna lie" Ruby commented in a low voice. Truth be told, they all had.

After the elevator ride, they were taken to their last-minute reserved lounge, the Rabbit Room. Contrary to their the Snake Room, this one was more traditionally fancy looking, almost as if they were eating at the table fit for a royal family of old times. The tables and chairs were of organic and curved designs with floral carvings, the room was painted white while the floor had a purple carpet with golden patterns of rabbits jumping. The only other indicator of the animal were decorative pieces on the accompanying tables and two sitting rabbits at the feet of the fireplace. This one felt cozy as opposed to the mysterious ambient of the Snake Room.

Unlike last time, where Hotaru was with them for the entire night, Maurice excused himself and left the room. With no time to lose, Ren and Blake prepared their infiltration kits; Ruby, in the meantime, had something else to discuss with a certain redhead. "So… you asked for Jaune to step aside this night and for me to fill his role… care to elaborate?".

Pyrrha looked at her with a stoic face and then just pretended to look for something in her purse. "As I said last night: If anything goes down, you are a better fighter and we ARE the infiltration team".

Of course, Ruby did not buy that excuse for a second. Every RWBY member knew that she had a huge crush on Jaune; all but Weiss who just refused to believe that someone of Pyrrha's status would fall for a person like Jaune. At least she thought that before finally being convinced once Pyrrha refused to even address both Jaune and Yang, and even though Jaune was her best friend, she had to admit that he was a moron due to his obliviousness to Pyrrha's crush on him.

"Riiiiight…" Ruby said while crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow.

Pyrrha's poker face was crumbling and finally, she gave up. She let out a sigh, placed her elbows on the table and placed her face on her hands. "I know it was just a distraction, I do. But… just the idea of it, the images in my head, the things people would say if word spread out. All of that had me… I mean, what do I have to do for him to notice?".

Ruby was not too sure of what to do in this situation, so she just stood next to her and patted her back. "There, there. So, you are not angry at Yang anymore?". Pyrrha looked up and nodded while also giving her a small smile. "What about Jaune?". Surprisingly, her smile disappeared, and she then looked away. "Oh boy…" was all she could say, not knowing how to proceed.

"Girl talk for latter, time for action!" Blake said as she and Ren went to retrieve their bathroom cards.

Sun, being the great inside agent, he saw himself as, took on dessert duty. That meant most of the time he was in the dining room, and that meant he was able to see both Ren and Blake Talking with Mr. Onyx asking for the keycards to be activated. The plan was simple enough, the women's bathroom was the closest to the Rat Room, the furthest to the right from his point of view; the men's bathroom, on the other hand, was next to the Ox Room, furthest on the left; and as soon as their respective doors closed, he moved to the upper floor.

He arrived at the men's bathroom and saw Ren's shoes and the bottom hems of his pants. He then entered the next cubicle and retrieved a packed object from the floor. As soon as he unwrapped it, Mr. Onyx entered the bathroom. "Mr. Wukong, you already had your bathroom break! And you know the employees can't use these bathrooms!".

It took Sun a few moments to come out of the cubicle with both hands up and an apologetic look on his face. Onyx then looked worried at Ren's cubicle. "I am sorry to have bothered you, sir".

"Don't worry about it". Ren's voice said. This calmed Mr. Onyx and he left not worrying about Sun's tail holding a recorder. The man was so worried about Sun making mistakes he also did not notice Ren hiding under the sinks and leaving the bathroom to then hide under the cloth of the dessert cart. The contraptions he used to hold his pants up also seemed to have fooled Onyx, which meant that Blake's had a good chance of working as well.

Sun left the bathroom and moved the cart towards the women's bathroom. He left the cart next to the door and walked back to the Boar Room. He knocked on the door, and a moment later he was greeted by a woman with a silver messy bun hair, thick waterdrop shaped glasses and oversized jewelry over a wine-colored blazer with shoulder pads. "What do you want…!?" she yelled at him with the usual Naknada accent he had grown used to before she looked at him from top to bottom giving him a hideous smile. "Strong and breedable…".

He felt a shudder on his spine and gulped with horror at the thought of what she might be thinking of him right now. He was expecting one of the male Naknada to open the door, but the act had to go on for now. "Um… yeah, so… are the guests ready for dessert?".

She looked confused. "Dessert? But we just began… although… if you want to join…". She was now stretching one of her bony arms and caressing his cheek.

'Please show up! Please show up! Please show up!' Sun begged on his mind.

"MR. WUKONG!" he heard Mr. Onyx scream. That made the woman stop, retract her arm, and look at the direction of where the scream came from.

'Thank you, thank you, thank you' Sun thought while releasing a small sigh of relief.

"Sun! What are you doing here!? We are just preparing their entrances!".

'Ok. Time for some drama to begin'. He looked at the Rabbit Room, and sure enough, Ruby was looking at them. He nodded, giving her the cue to head towards them.

"Excuse me, Mr. Onyx?". She asked while putting on her most innocent face. "Um… my friends may still be in the bathroom but… we are ready to order… could you tell a waiter to come? We are starving!" she said while patting her belly to emphasize the idea.

Overwhelmed, Mr. Onyx took a deep breath. Sorry, Madam Akkitec. I'll make sure no more waiters interrupt your dinner.

"Oh, no worries, darling". She assured before looking at Sun again and licking her teeth. "It was a pleasurable accident," she said before returning to the room.

"Sun, I know you said you are worried about Mr. Taakoizu, but we have to keep everything going as normal. It's what he would have wanted".

Sun let out a sigh and pretended to be sad. "I know sir, I am sorry. It won't happen again".

He then turned towards Ruby with a smile. "Yes, madam. Would it be okay for Mr. Wukong to take your orders?". She then gave him a big smile and nodded. "Good! Go with her Sun," he ordered before walking down the stairs.

Sun and Ruby then headed to the Rabbit room and stopped when she 'accidentally' kicked the cart and made a cinnamon shaker fall from the cart conveniently in front of the Dragon Room. "Oh, I'm so sorry!".

"No don't worry". To anyone who looked up, their attention would go to Ruby and Sun picking up the cinnamon shaker; not to the small sudden opening of the Dragon Room's door and the slow closing of it a moment later.

Ruby and Sun finally retrieved the shaker and continued their way to the Rabbit Room. Once inside the charade was dropped. Sun dropped his body on the chair next to the cupboard at the entrance and sighed loudly. "Did everything go well?" Pyrrha asked.

"Yes! And you better not tell anyone about that woman Ruby!". He then shuddered. She just smiled and returned to her seat.

"Anyway, when did you get his keycard, Sun? I didn't even notice".

"Just key, Ruby. Hotaru seems old school. The only door like that in the entire hotel. But to answer your question: Right as you arrived". It was now only a matter of time for Blake and Ren to hopefully retrieve important information from Hotaru's computer. "Well then, girls. What it'll be?".

Pyrrha and Ruby looked at each other with confusion before looking at him again. "What it'll be what?" Pyrrha asked.

Sun then took out a notepad and a pen. "For dinner… I still have to keep this job going, remember?".

"Can you believe the nerve some people have to treat others like just some piece of eye candy!? Who does that old hag think she is? Treating Sun like something she can grope on her hands and-".

"Blake… are you jealous?". She went silent and just looked at her co-conspirator with a light blush on her cheeks.

"… No! But it's still degrading!" She then crossed her arms and looked away. "… Let's just get this over with".

In their opinion, the Dragon Room was… all they expected. A pure white marble room with a very minimalistic and simple design. A floor-to-ceiling window at the end, a dark wooden desk with the distinctive turquoise felt placed in front of the window and with normal office items on the desk, two bookcases with a small cupboard at the top on either side of the room ordered by color and, what they assumed were, alphabetical order, a set of three-step stairs that lead to a considerable space and then a meeting table for six people over a rug adorned with four dueling serpent dragons. On the left wall was a giant painting of a blue sky with floating pyramids and islands; while on the right wall was a giant TV screen surrounded by what they assumed to be important artifacts for Hotaru. Some beautifully adorned katanas and a wooden baton with metal dragon face on each end, one of which had a tassel of what seemed like pure golden strings, were located under the screen along with medals, plaques and a parchment in some strange language that looked like some sort of important document. Surrounding them, was a variety of objects that seemed to be souvenirs in deteriorated state; a broken green jade mask that looked like a demon's face complete with spikes that looked like one bighorn surrounded by smaller horns, a cracked rustic bottle of liquor, a folded tunic covered in dried blood, an almost burnt fan and… a pair of slightly shattered sunglasses?

With their eye-tour over, they made their way slowly towards the desk, but both teens couldn't contain their doubts. "Is it just me or-" Ren began.

"Does he seem to have a lot of condecorations for him to have been just a normal cop? Yeah, weird…" Blake commented. "He doesn't strike me as the guy who would demand a trophy for anything he does as a victory…".

Whatever their feelings towards him were right now, they didn't matter. They reached his desk and, fortunately, his laptop was left on top. After making sure there were no wires, pressure plates, or anything of that nature, they opened the computer, connected the scroll, and waited for the upload to end. The computer was just on standby, so there should be no problem of it connecting to some sort of network, and that meant no detection and therefore, no violent security.

Ren then grabbed his scroll and wrote to the other girls.

The cat and the flower are learning.

"Can you believe her, Nora!? After the meeting with that Malachite girl went without a hitch, she says I'll be safer staying back! And I know she is doing this ONLY because she is mad at me for who knows what!". Jaune ranted while going back and forth his dorm.

Nora, on her part, was trying to focus on reading her book; which she was unable to do by trying to hold back the need to just outright tell him that Pyrrha had a huge crush on him and that the idea of another person taking him away was too painful. But she also knew Pyrrha would feel betrayed if she told him the truth, she would also be a hypocrite because Pyrrha kept her mouth shut about her feelings towards Ren, and more drama was the last thing JNPR needed right now especially when trying to infiltrate Seido. They at least were on some sort of speaking terms, with him wishing her 'good luck' and with her responding it with a 'thank you'. "Give her some time, I'm sure Ruby will help her calm down," she said in a monotonous voice.

"I hope so…". He then fell on his bed and looked at the ceiling 'Can't believe she convinced the others to take me out of today's operation… and she seemed so excited about it…'.

They were taken out of their thoughts when someone knocked on their door. Not expecting anyone yet, Jaune stood up and opened the door to find Weiss. "Where is she?".

"Where's who?" Jaune asked as she pushed him away and went inside.

"Yang, she said she was going to get a snack and hasn't returned". Before Nora and Jaune could even speak a word, she continued. "Over an hour ago".

The room went silent before a thought popped on Jaune's head. "You don't think…?".

"She wouldn't!" quickly replied Weiss. "She promised to stay far away from them".

"And did you define to her what 'far' was!?" Nora said.

They all then left the room without a proper destination. They would define that later. "Where could they be at this hour?" Questioned Weiss.

The briefing last night had left the ninjas and everyone else perplexed. Raiden was reported as missing by the Elder Gods themselves along with the protector of Orderrealm. Fujin was away in Earthrealm trying to figure what happened and all other warriors had leads of their own as to what was happening in this universe, but whether if it had to do anything with Seido Industries or not, they didn't know yet. After a day of dread, Sub-Zero, Hanzo, Smoke, and Ermac decided to meditate next to the statue at the courtyard. It all went without a hitch for the first five minutes until they heard people circling them expecting another demonstration of their abilities.

And now, Sub-Zero was in what he could describe as an endurance fight against whoever wanted to fight him. His opponent right now was a girl who used a drill combined with a flamethrower which forced Sub-Zero to keep his distance. She charged at him, but he dashed back and left an ice clone in his place. She knew that move, he had already used it with previous opponents; so she decided to step back and charge her flame-thrower with as much power as she could. She was not expecting, however, for Sub-Zero to grab his ice clone and then throw it at her, effectively making her fall and allowing him to kick her weapon away and then freeze it. He then froze her arms and legs on the floor and created an ice sword which he then placed on her neck.

"Give up?".

"… Ok, I yield…". He then destroyed the sword and freed her before helping her get up. "That ice statue of yours looked very similar to you, almost to every detail".

"It took me time to perfect it. It is my favorite one to make".

"Favorite? You can do more?".

Sub-Zero then stepped back and began to show all students present different ice sculptures he could generate almost instantly. A snowman, a polar bear, a penguin, him in various poses and so forth. His team had decided to just sit on the ground and watch his performance.

"Would you believe me if I told you it was the eyebrows on the penguin that took him the longest to learn? He even refused to believe they were a real thing" Smoke said.

Ermac just looked and raised a concern. "Why would he waste time and reveal his secrets to the others?".

Hanzo decided to answer him. "In reality, 'grandmaster' is a fancy term for 'great teacher'. I must admit, I've also found pleasure in forming the next generation of Shirai Ryu… I just hope everything is ok back home". He tried to keep calm, but the nostalgia was more than noticeable.

Smoke patted him on the shoulder and comforted him. "Relax. Don't tell Kuai I said this, but your clan is more than capable to hold their territory against some of our best, even. Besides, Kenshi's kid isn't going to burn the place down" he assured Hanzo before laying on the ground with his hands behind his neck.

The reassurance did help him a little. Ermac then continued his questionnaire. "You rejoined the Lin Kuei without questioning his leadership. You even gave him all the credit for the re-establishment of it. Why?".

"To be honest, I kind of feel I've lived more than what I ever hoped to. I remembered my past, discovered an ancient demon lives inside me, got turned into a robot, became an undead warrior, got remade into an undead human, got resurrected and then defeated an army of cyber-ninjas. I think I am ready to just let life take its course. Besides, I know Kuai better than anyone; he wanted to be grandmaster if only to honor 'him' and all the sacrifices he made". They all knew who 'him' was. His name was still a touchy subject even after all these years and learning the truth that his death was for nothing more than a coverup. Deciding to change the subject, they were now looking at Sub-Zero making miniature ice statues; not noticing the blonde girl hiding on the fountain behind them.

Yang was not taking any chances. She knew that she had to find something on these guys and fast. She had to admit some sort of betrayal once all the other three members voted against her continuous spying schedule; so, she decided to do it by herself. Sure, she promised Weiss to stay far from them; and Eighty feet counted as 'far'. She was filming them with her scroll, waiting for the exact moment they would do something like disappearing when entering a room or the like; or she would be if not for Weiss bothering her every second. She had already blocked her number and only a small tag on the screen told her whenever she was calling. Unfortunately, it was Jaune who called her this time and her scroll rang in all its glory. That surprised her and made her almost drop her scroll. She managed to ignore the call and went back into place. 'Ok, those two are still there. Wait… TWO?'.

"Fancy meeting you here, Yang". A voice said from behind her.

This time Yang did yell and quickly turned around to punch whoever scared her. The person merely stepped back and allowed her to almost fall. She then turned around and saw Hanzo's annoyed face. "If you wanted to see Kuai Liang's performance, may I suggest you join the crowd?".

"Well… I don't want to talk or see him".

Hanzo just crossed his arms before continuing. "Really? Well, you must have wanted to discuss something with one of us for a long time, then. We have been seeing you a lot around us recently".

'Think of something, think of something'. "Maybe I feel some sort of attraction?" she said wanting to sound flirty enough to fluster him. He was not falling for it, though.

"Really? And what does your boyfriend have to say about it?". He asked, sounding more threatening by the moment.

On cue, her scroll rang and Jaune's face appeared on the screen. He then looked at her. "Aren't you going to answer?".

She did answer, but just in audio mode. "Hey, babe! Whatcha doin'?" she asked playfully.

"Yang! Stop playing games. Whatever you are doing with KHTE, stop it. They might get suspicious!".

"Well… I have Hanzo right here".

"YOU WHAT!? WHY ARE YOU TALKING TO HIM!?" he screamed loud enough for everyone close enough to hear, which Hanzo did.

"Well… to talk about… that thing… you know. I sort of told him he was hot… and that you were ok with it…".

"Yang, why-you-but… UGH! Just, get out of there and meet us in the cafeteria now". She hanged up and Yang then turned around to see Hanzo's disgusted face.

"I… respect you and… Jaune's relationship arrangements. But I can tell you right now neither I nor my team would be interested. Have a good day, and leave us!". He said before heading back to his team.

Yang sighed in defeat and left as well, cursing on her way to the cafeteria. 'Now it's gonna be nagging, and nagging because of this. Why did you go alone? What was your plan? What is Pyrrha going to think? Do they think you are a pair of swingers?' she stopped in a hallway when she realized that, once again, she had presented Jaune as her boyfriend. "Better make it official to Jaune then. We are a couple now" she joked as she then kept walking.

Stealing the information was proving easier than yesterday. The scroll had already copied around 80% and there had been no security breaking the door yet. Blake and Ren were not taking any chances, though. She was standing next to the door at all times while He just stared at the loading bar. This had been going on for a long time with minor message exchanges with Pyrrha and Ruby in between to keep them up to date on developments.

On the other side of the door, Pyrrha was going through the hall back and forth serving as a watchdog, Ruby in the meantime was sitting in the room waiting in case she was needed, and Sun was doing his round of desserts. The plan was proceeding without a hitch, and surely enough, the most expected word of the night was delivered to Ruby and Pyrrha's scrolls.

Done.

Pyrrha looked at Sun, and when their eyes met, she nodded. Sun was then ready to take the dessert cart upstairs with his excuse lines rehearsed. When he would arrive in front of the Boar Room, Pyrrha would kick the Dragon Room's door; ten seconds later the key would be pushed under the door, Sun would then pick it up, drop Ren in the bathroom, enter the Rabbit Room, return to drop Blake, knock on the Boar Room and return the key to Onyx without ever noticing it was missing, ending the heist successfully.

Sun got to the Boar Room's door and Pyrrha kicked the door. But just as Sun got past the room, its door swung open revealing Madam Akkitec once again. "I recognized those strong steps," said the woman with a horrendous grin Sun could just feel chewing on his neck. "I am ready for 'dessert', Sweets' boy!" she said with what he deduced was her attempt at sounding flirtatious.

Sun was sweating but turned around to face the woman. "Well, Miss Akkitec, I have to go to the Rabbit Room first and then-".

"SUN!" yelled Mr. Onyx from the middle of the stairs. This was not good at all; he was ahead of schedule. The head waiter had arrived and was already scolding him. A few moments later, the key went through the gap between the floor and door; Pyrrha immediately went to pick it up facing the group backward, but as soon as she got on her feet again, she saw the Naknada woman looking at her.

"What are you doing there, girl!?" She yelled at her.

Pyrrha regained her composure and answered. "I… just dropped something… and went to pick it up…".

The woman was angry, having dropped the conversation altogether and even pushing Sun out of her way, walked towards Pyrrha. "I heard clinking!".

Pyrrha maintained her poker face, Sun's tail twitched, and Mr. Onyx just looked perplexed at her. 'How does she know!?' Pyrrha and Sun wondered.

The woman was now in front of Pyrrha. The girl was now able to feel her breathing on her face. "And what did you drop?".

"My… scroll! Of course…". She then took out the device and showed it to everyone.

The woman snarled before slapping the device off her hand. It then fell to the ground making a notorious thud. Mr. Onyx was beyond horrified that one of his guests was physically abused and ran with Sun to her offering apologies on the way. The woman then looked at her with a grin. "I did not hear it fall; little liar!".

Fear was now on both Pyrrha and Sun's faces. Mr. Onyx was close to having a heart attack. "Excuse me…?" was all Pyrrha asked acting as if she was beyond insulted.

Madam Akkitec then placed her bony hand on the doorknob and proceeded to turn it. Fortunately for Pyrrha and Sun, the door did not open. Blake and Ren seemed to have picked up on what was happening. Mr. Onyx sighed in relief before addressing Pyrrha again. "I'm so sorry, Miss Nikos. We have been a little paranoid ever since-" he was interrupted when the door was slammed continuously by the woman.

"What are you planning, worm!?" She snarled at Pyrrha before looking at Mr. Onyx. "You! Open it! NOW!" She ordered.

"Madam, no one is allowed in that room without-".

"EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD FILLS THE PLACE OF ACTING CEO UNTIL A NEW ONE IS APPOINTED OR THE PREVIOUS ONE RETURNS! NOW DO AS YOU ARE TOLD!". She screamed at him while grabbing him by the collar of his shirt.

The altercation had made the other members of the Naknada clan leave their lounge and look at what was happening. To make matters worse, they seemed just as angry as the woman when they noticed the group standing in front of the Dragon Room. Knowing better than to keep on annoying his bosses for the moment, Mr. Onyx conceded. "Yes, madam. Just let me…". He looked in his right pocket but then went still. He quickly looked on his other pocket, but it was empty as well. "This is weird… I can't find my key…".

The woman then looked at Pyrrha again. "Convenient…" she said with her horrible teeth in full display. She then moved forward and went to snatch Pyrrha's purse. Both women struggled over possession of the bag, but neither Mr. Onyx nor Sun trying to stop them; Mr. Onyx for fear of losing his job, and Sun because of being accused of collaborating. The altercation continued with both Pyrrha and the woman exchanging pushes, revealing the Naknada's dragon medallion. The conflict evolved to a point when now each one was holding the purse by the rope. It seemed like it would break, and all the contents would fall.

"STOP EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING!" a familiar voice screamed from the elevator loud enough to be heard by everyone on both floors of the dining room. "I HAVE THE MOST WONDERFUL OF NEWS!". Everyone then turned their heads towards Maurice who sprinted towards the crowd in front of the Dragon Room and started to hug, kiss, shake hands and dance with whomever he encountered next. "It's wonderful, it's amazing, it's making me so happy, I could just siiiiiiiiiing-!".

He was, however, pulled back to reality when Mr. Onyx interrupted him. "Mauri-! Ehem. Mr. Feta: what is so important you had to enter in such a manner?".

Maurice just looked at him with a blank stare. After a few blinks, he then reacted. "Oh! Yes, of course". He regained his full composure and addressed all people, guests, and staff alike. "Everyone present, we at The Night Beetle, Seido Industries, and all associated businesses, want to bring you wonderful news: Mr. Hotaru Taakoizu has been found alive!". He proclaimed as everyone present began to applaud. Maurice waited for the room to go quiet before speaking again. "I'm afraid I have to take all staff members away for a moment, we must now all report to our superior. But as a cordiality, everything tonight is on the house!". The room once again was filled with thunderous applause as Maurice signaled all the Naknada clan to leave the area and to head towards the elevator.

Madam Akkitec, however, was not done yet. She Snatched Pyrrha's purse and tore it open before dropping all her belongings on the floor. Unfortunately for her, there was no key. She turned her head towards Pyrrha, looking at her with pure hatred. "WHERE DID YOU PUT IT!? I AM NOT LEAVING UNTIL-!",

"Found it! Back pocket… must have confused it with the key to my apartment". Mr. Onyx said as he went to open the door. He was doing it normally until the woman pushed him out of the way and slammed it open.

She looked around and found nothing. She then looked at the open laptop and made her way to the desk. Once next to it she looked at the leg space under it and found nothing. Defeated and angry, she was then distracted by Mr. Onyx who yelled at her from the door. "Madam! Would you please stop this and just head to the meeting with all the other employees?". She snarled once again before heading to the door and slamming it shut.

"Madam, I think you already know that Miss Nikos is a very important client to Mr. Taakoizu and what you just did could bring dire consequences". He then turned around and smiled at Pyrrha "We are so sorry, Miss Nikos, right Madam?" The woman gave her an annoyed look.

Pyrrha then regained her composure and played the role of the offended guest. "I demand an apology from her this instant!" she said while stomping the ground to emphasize her anger.

The woman growled at first, but then took a deep breath and bowed before giving her the apology. "I am sorry for accusing you of stealing the key, Miss Nikos".

"Apology accepted. And be sure that Mr. Taakoizu will know about this!".

"Yes, of course… Sun, help Miss Nikos pick up her things, and The Night Beetle will fully reimburse your purse with one of your choosing miss".

Both Mr. Onyx and Madam Akkitec then left. Once they were far enough, Pyrrha and Sun were free to talk. "Thank goodness for Maurice's distraction. You almost dropped it though!".

"Look, I'm sorry. I was not expecting you to punch me in the chest and just drop it. I'm just thankful everyone was looking at his dance; even that bitchy hag". He then shuddered before speaking again. "With any more luck, she might hate me enough now and will not want to look at me again".

Once they picked up everything, Sun left and Pyrrha made sure no other guest downstairs was looking up. She gave soft knocks on the door and whispered: "Blake, Ren if you can hear me, it's safe to go out now". The door unlocked and was opened by Ren just a few centimeters; enough for one of his and Blake's eyes to look at Pyrrha.

"Are they gone?" Blake whispered.

"Yes. I thought you would surely get caught. Where did you hide?". They then stepped back and pointed at the top cupboards of the bookshelves.

"Surprisingly, not the most uncomfortable place I've ever had to hide in". Blake remarked.

Without anything else to talk about, Blake and Ren then locked the door again and made their way towards their respective bathrooms. Pyrrha then rested her elbows on the rail and sighed in relief. A few moments later, Ruby emerged from the Rabbit Room. "Hey, Pyrrha, what does Blake mean by 'Is the ugly bitch-witch gone'?".